Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 7 October
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
7 October
Musicians born and died on 7 October: 10 births, 11 deaths and 3 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born10
- 1870Dave Uncle MaconBiographybanjo · Smart Station, TNDied 22 March 1952 · Country · Folk
- 1909Jimmy ShirlDiscographycomposer · New York, NYDied 16 June 1981 · Jazz · R&B · Louis Jordan
- 1940Larry YoungBiographyorgan · Newark, NJDied 30 March 1978 · Jazz
- 1941Tony SilvesterBiographyvocal · Colon, PanamaDied 26 November 2006 · Soul · Main Ingredient, Poets
- 1942Zelma ReddingBiographycomposer · Macon, GASoul · Otis' Wife
- 1951Richard "Dirty Harry" HallBiographysaxophoneReggae · Augustus Pablo, Burning Spear, Jacob Miller
- 1954Warren Weatherspoondrums · Chicago, ILBlues · R&B · Soul · Bobby Parker
Died11
- 1962Francis "Scrapper" BlackwellBiographyguitar, vocal · Indianapolis, INBorn 21 February 1903 · aged 59 · Blues
- 1966"Smiley" Lewis (Overton Amos Lemons Lewis)Biographyguitar, vocal · New Orleans, LABorn 5 July 1913 · aged 53 · Cancer · R&B · Imperial Rec’s
- 1988Billy DanielsBiographyvocal · Los Angeles, CABorn 12 September 1915 · aged 73 · Jazz
- 1988Ulysses LivingstonBiographyguitar · Los Angeles, CABorn 29 January 1912 · aged 76 · Jazz
- 1992Ed BlackwellBiographydrums · Hartford, CTBorn 10 October 1929 · aged 62 · Complications from chronic kidney failure · Jazz
- 1993Laymon A. JacksonBiographybass · Atlanta, GABorn 4 April 1932 · aged 61 · Jazz
- 2002Don VarnerBiographyvocal · CaliforniaBorn 25 June 1943 · aged 59 · Heart failure · Soul
- 2009Shelby SingletonBiographylabel-owner, producer · Nashville, TNBorn 16 December 1931 · aged 77 · Brain cancer · R&B · Soul · Sss International Rec's
- 2017Jimmy BeaumontBiographyvocal · McKeesport, PABorn 21 October 1940 · aged 76 · R&B · Skyliners
- 2022Ronnie CuberBiographysaxophone · New York, NYBorn 25 December 1941 · aged 80 · Complications from a fall · Jazz
- 2024Cissy HoustonBiographyvocal · Newark, NJBorn 30 September 1933 · aged 91 · Gospel · Soul · Sweet Inspirations
Events3
- 1937Fats Waller records ‘The Joint is Jumping’ (Victor).
- 1950Joe Morris’ ‘Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere’ (Atlantic) hits R&B charts remaining 22 weeks.
- 1953Big Joe Turner (E. James on guitar) records ‘TV Mama’ (Atlantic).